WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Download Plugins and Themes from Dashboard < 1.8.6 - Authenticated (Admin+) Arbitrary File Download

Description

The Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5 via the download_theme function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
download-plugins-dashboard
Fixed in 1.8.6

References

CVE
CVE-2024-35162
URL
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9adfc632-2e47-4fea-ad87-41840cdab225

Classification

Type
LFI
OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-22
CVSS
4.9 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Gen Sato
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
1e971d31-4319-4ab4-9365-43cbe4310a01

Timeline

Publicly Published
2024-05-17 (about 2 years ago)
Added
2024-06-06 (about 1 year ago)
Last Updated
2024-06-06 (about 1 year ago)

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